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SUMMARY:Lead Worship: First Testament - Writings
DESCRIPTION:Topic: First Testament – Writings(Part of the Methodist Network Lead Worship Series) \n\n\n\n📅 Session 1: Lecture \n\n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, 2 Jul 2025\n\n\n\nTime: 07:30pm\n\n\n\nPresenter: Rev Dr Lynne Wall\n\n\n\n\n📅 Session 2: Discussion \n\n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, 9 July 2025\n\n\n\nTime: 07:30PM\n\n\n\nFacilitators: Ngaire Southon and/or Viv Whimster\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: These sessions were originally scheduled for one week earlier\, but had to be rescheduled due to our speaker becoming unavailable on the original date.\n\n\n\n📖 About this session:This is the fourth and final session in a multi-part exploration of the First Testament led by Rev Dr Lynne Wall. The lecture will introduce key themes and contexts\, and explore the key issues arising from the writings – the historical and wisdom writing of the First Testament. The following week’s discussion session\, facilitated by Ngaire Southon and/or Viv Whimster\, will provide an opportunity to reflect\, ask questions\, and explore applications for worship leadership. \n\n\n\n💻 Format: Online via Zoom (click the button to join the meeting)🎯 Who should attend? Open to all worship leaders looking to deepen their biblical knowledge.
URL:https://nzlpa.org.nz/event/lead-worship-first-testament-writings/2025-07-02/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Methodist Lay Preachers Network,Seminars & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Methodist Lay Preachers' Network":MAILTO:vwhimster@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Lead Worship: First Testament - Writings
DESCRIPTION:Topic: First Testament – Writings(Part of the Methodist Network Lead Worship Series) \n\n\n\n📅 Session 1: Lecture \n\n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, 2 Jul 2025\n\n\n\nTime: 07:30pm\n\n\n\nPresenter: Rev Dr Lynne Wall\n\n\n\n\n📅 Session 2: Discussion \n\n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, 9 July 2025\n\n\n\nTime: 07:30PM\n\n\n\nFacilitators: Ngaire Southon and/or Viv Whimster\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: These sessions were originally scheduled for one week earlier\, but had to be rescheduled due to our speaker becoming unavailable on the original date.\n\n\n\n📖 About this session:This is the fourth and final session in a multi-part exploration of the First Testament led by Rev Dr Lynne Wall. The lecture will introduce key themes and contexts\, and explore the key issues arising from the writings – the historical and wisdom writing of the First Testament. The following week’s discussion session\, facilitated by Ngaire Southon and/or Viv Whimster\, will provide an opportunity to reflect\, ask questions\, and explore applications for worship leadership. \n\n\n\n💻 Format: Online via Zoom (click the button to join the meeting)🎯 Who should attend? Open to all worship leaders looking to deepen their biblical knowledge.
URL:https://nzlpa.org.nz/event/lead-worship-first-testament-writings/2025-07-09/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Methodist Lay Preachers Network,Seminars & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Methodist Lay Preachers' Network":MAILTO:vwhimster@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250726T093000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250726T123000
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SUMMARY:AELP: Bible Month Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Auckland Ecumenical Lay Preachers Gathering \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBible Month 2025: Engaging with the Bible – Research\, Insight\, and Action \n\n\n\nJoin us for a special AELP (Auckland Ecumenical Lay Preachers) gathering featuring Steve McRobie\, Relationships Director with Bible Society New Zealand. Steve will present findings from over 15 years of national research on how New Zealanders engage with Scripture—conducted in partnership with Nielsen—and what it means for spiritual life and church health today. \n\n\n\nWe’ll explore: \n\n\n\n\nWhat the research says about Bible reading in Aotearoa\n\n\n\nWhat it means for our churches\, families\, and communities\n\n\n\nHow we can encourage deeper\, more meaningful Bible engagement—starting with ourselves\n\n\n\n\nThere’ll be time for kōrero/talanoa\, questions\, and practical reflection. Arrive early for tea and hospitality. \n\n\n\n🗣 “Come with questions\, leave with insights.”
URL:https://nzlpa.org.nz/event/aelp-bible-month-gathering/
LOCATION:Wesley Roskill Methodist Church\, 276 Mt Albert Rd\, Sandringham\, Auckland\, 1041\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:AELP,Gatherings,NZLPA
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ORGANIZER;CN="Auckland Ecumenical Lay Preachers' Gathering (AELP)":MAILTO:judy.mcfall@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Christ as Saviour and Example
DESCRIPTION:The Importance of Keeping These in the Right Order for the Gospel and the Church\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow do our beliefs about who Christ is and what He has done for us shape our understanding of the church’s role in the world? What happens when this order gets reversed\, and why does it matter for the church’s mission and message?  \n\n\n\nJoin Prof Kimlyn Bender as he explores these questions by looking at both the New Testament and insights from influential figures like Martin Luther\, Henri de Lubac\, and Eberhard Jüngel. By reflecting on how the church is meant to be God’s people\, the body of Christ\, and a community empowered by the Spirit\, we’ll discuss how these ideas shape the church’s identity and its calling in today’s world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Kimlyn J. Bender holds the Foy Valentine Chair in Christian Theology and Ethics at Baylor University. A prolific author and one of the world’s foremost ecclesiologists\, he recently edited The T & T Clark Companion to Ecclesiology. An ordained Baptist minister raised on the prairie of North Dakota\, he and his wife Trudy live in Waco and have three children. \n\n\n\nRefreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\nThe session will not be recorded or livestreamed.
URL:https://nzlpa.org.nz/event/christ-as-saviour-and-example/
LOCATION:Laidlaw College Henderson Campus\, 3 Smythe Road\, Henderson\, Auckland\, 0650\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Laidlaw College,Seminars & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laidlaw College | Te Wananga Amorangi":MAILTO:info@laidlaw.ac.nz
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SUMMARY:Worship Resources
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Philip Garside—Methodist lay preacher\, writer\, publisher and bookseller—who will introduce a range of practical and inspiring worship materials from his publishing catalogue. This online session\, hosted by the Methodist Lay Preachers Network\, is designed for lay preachers\, ministers and worship leaders seeking new ideas and tools to support their ministry. Whether you’re planning all-age services\, preparing sermons\, or looking for creative liturgical content\, you’ll discover accessible resources to help lead worship with confidence and imagination
URL:https://nzlpa.org.nz/event/worship-resources/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Methodist Lay Preachers Network,Seminars & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Methodist Lay Preachers' Network":MAILTO:vwhimster@gmail.com
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